David Edelsohn wrote:
> I am sorry that you did not receive the memo.
Speaking as a bystander: there has been a lack of communication. At the
start of January it was a frantic rush to get last-minute bug fixes in time
for the branch, then the license issue cropped up.
Then it all went quiet. The status updates don't have more to say than "We
are still waiting on the license issue".
It might ease people's concerns if in situations like this the FSF/SC could
send us progress reports - nothing terribly detailed, just a couple of
sentences along the lines "We met with the lawyers once this week, had three
conference calls, we've now resolved six of the major outstanding issues on
our list and there are three remaining", that kind of level of briefing;
nothing that would take a significant amount of effort away from doing the
actual work, of course. Frustrated computer users will tell you, even a
progress bar that works in "microsoft minutes" is better than just putting up
the spinning hour-glass cursor and giving no clue whether anything's happening
at all or not!
> I agree that this cannot go on forever and the SC is telling that
> to the FSF. We are very close to a solution that is acceptable to
> everyone and it would be disappointing to have that
> opportunity slip through our fingers.
If it's really that close to a resolution, then it's probably simplest for
us all to just suck it up and wait now. But if it's not, then it would be
good if there was some public suggestion of an outline for a plan B about how
to progress development *in the event that* the legal issues turn out to have
further or unforeseen-as-yet complications that could drag on.
Do you have an ETA in real hard numbers of days?
cheers,
DaveK
